How to say "emerge" in Japanese

• 浮かぶうかぶJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbCovers the literal sense of emerging or rising to the surface, as when an object floats up or a thought or image comes to mind. It suits contexts like a face emerging from water or an idea surfacing in one's head.
  浮うかんだと思おもうとまた沈しずむ。↗

  Now it rises, now it sinks.
• 飛び出すとびだすJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbCovers the sense of bursting or darting out suddenly, as when a person or animal leaps out from somewhere unexpected. For plain 'emerge' it is often too abrupt, since it stresses the suddenness of the appearance.
  どんな質問しつもんが飛び出とびだすか分わからないから、僕ぼくとしては当意即妙とういそくみょうで発表はっぴょうするしかないな。↗

  Since I don't know what questions I'll be asked, I'll have to wing it at my presentation.
• 浮かび上がるうかびあがるCommon
  godan verb, intransitive verbCovers emerging from obscurity or coming to the front, as when a hidden fact, a candidate, or an issue rises into view. It is the natural choice for figurative emergence rather than physical emergence from a container.

For 'emerge', use 「浮かぶ」 for something rising to the surface or coming to mind, 「飛び出す」 for suddenly bursting or darting out, and 「浮かび上がる」 for coming to prominence or emerging from obscurity.

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• 出てくるでてくるto come out
• 浮かぶうかぶto rise to the surface
• 飛び出すとびだすto appear (suddenly)
• 浮かび上がるうかびあがるto come to the front
• 湧き出るわきでるto emerge
• 出るでるto appear